I've given up on getting a new GPU any time soon so I'll be planning to game on an 8GB RX580 for the rest of the year at least. One way I could boost performance a bit would be to buy a monitor that supports freesync and has a higher refresh rate. I'm currently gaming on a 24" Dell that was really nice about a decade ago, but I'm used to 1920x1080@60hz.
I'll be going 1080 still, everyone's monitor is out of date so I'm sure mine will be quickly stolen and I'll be getting another one. (I wanna get my wife a 27" 1080, her eyes are getting worse so I like the just make everything bigger approach)
I'm not picky if it's 24 inch for now, but I think I'd prefer a tad bigger. I've seen a few on Amazon that interest me. A 24" for $170 and a 27" for $180, but it's curved and has a higher refresh rate @165hz.
I'm not sure how I feel about curved and I don't really want to go to any stores to check. Yeah by this Friday I should have some immunity thanks to the Moderno vaccines, but that doesn't mean I can't get others sick and I still don't think it's time to pretend it's normal.
Any thoughts/recommends? Will it help my performance since I should be able to have no tearing without enabling v-sync or adaptive sync? Well even then with the higher refresh rates it should help, shouldn't it?
(Oh, I've been working on my wife's Jeep's clutch for over a week now and just had a meeting with a contractor about getting our pool liner replaced and having our hot tub pulled and they'll fill it and concrete it. Excited about all that, but I'm pretty sure it also means she wouldn't mind if I picked up a new monitor for under/around $200. Plus c'mon, a working 24" 1080 with an IPS isn't garbage. I'm debating if my daughter or son will get it )
Monitors and keyboards are the only things that seem not-insanely over priced. (My son's keyboard it going bad so he's looking at new ones. They're not cheap, but they're not inflated prices either)
I'll be going 1080 still, everyone's monitor is out of date so I'm sure mine will be quickly stolen and I'll be getting another one. (I wanna get my wife a 27" 1080, her eyes are getting worse so I like the just make everything bigger approach)
I'm not picky if it's 24 inch for now, but I think I'd prefer a tad bigger. I've seen a few on Amazon that interest me. A 24" for $170 and a 27" for $180, but it's curved and has a higher refresh rate @165hz.
I'm not sure how I feel about curved and I don't really want to go to any stores to check. Yeah by this Friday I should have some immunity thanks to the Moderno vaccines, but that doesn't mean I can't get others sick and I still don't think it's time to pretend it's normal.
Any thoughts/recommends? Will it help my performance since I should be able to have no tearing without enabling v-sync or adaptive sync? Well even then with the higher refresh rates it should help, shouldn't it?
(Oh, I've been working on my wife's Jeep's clutch for over a week now and just had a meeting with a contractor about getting our pool liner replaced and having our hot tub pulled and they'll fill it and concrete it. Excited about all that, but I'm pretty sure it also means she wouldn't mind if I picked up a new monitor for under/around $200. Plus c'mon, a working 24" 1080 with an IPS isn't garbage. I'm debating if my daughter or son will get it )
Monitors and keyboards are the only things that seem not-insanely over priced. (My son's keyboard it going bad so he's looking at new ones. They're not cheap, but they're not inflated prices either)